Charlie Bermant

Back rent again cloaks the Western Flyer

Port of Port Townsend dilemma: One old boat ready to be moved, another behind on rent

PORT TOWNSEND — The owner of a boat on which a September fire originated has agreed to move it out of the Port Townsend Boat… Continue reading

Back rent again cloaks the Western Flyer

CORRECTION: State Supreme Court justices to bring replica of flag designed by Jefferson County’s namesake on Wednesday

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been corrected. The justices' visit will be on Wednesday. The original story erroneously said the visit would be on Tuesday.… Continue reading

Karl Boettcher of Port Townsend is served at the Tri-Area Community Center on Thanksgiving Thursday by Eva Coffin

Hundreds get free Thanksgiving meal in Chimacum

PORT HADLOCK — About 300 people were expected to take part in a free Thanksgiving meal at the Tri-Area Community Center by the end of… Continue reading

Karl Boettcher of Port Townsend is served at the Tri-Area Community Center on Thanksgiving Thursday by Eva Coffin
Main Street Executive Director Mari Jullen

WEEKEND: Small Business Saturday follows Black Friday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Black Friday — a rush of post-Thanskgiving sales — has become a part of the holiday season, but Small Business Saturday may… Continue reading

Main Street Executive Director Mari Jullen

CORRECTION: State Supreme Court justices to bring replica of flag designed by Jefferson County’s namesake on Wednesday

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been corrected. The justices' visit will be on Wednesday. The original story erroneously said the visit would be on Tuesday.… Continue reading

Katie Conlon

Thanksgiving Eve meal ‘a wonderful thing’ in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — While families throughout town privately prepared for Thanksgiving Day festivities, a local church offered Wednesday a preview of the season with a… Continue reading

Katie Conlon
Nathan Barnett

Promoters of two newer Port Townsend festivals gain nonprofit status

PORT TOWNSEND — Olympic Peninsula Steam, the sponsor of two Port Townsend festivals, has been granted nonprofit status, which its director feels will allow it… Continue reading

Nathan Barnett
Washington State Historic Preservation Officer Allyson Brooks speaks to the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce on Monday.  —Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

State’s historic preservation officer comes to historical Port Townsend

By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News PORT TOWNSEND — The designation of buildings as historical landmarks helps to preserve the region's heritage, the Jefferson County… Continue reading

Washington State Historic Preservation Officer Allyson Brooks speaks to the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce on Monday.  —Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Swan School students Mira Stewart

Swan School turns 30 by hoping to raise $30,000

PORT TOWNSEND — A private school is commemorating its 30th anniversary this month with a fundraiser to accumulate $1,000 for each year of its existence.… Continue reading

Swan School students Mira Stewart
Ruthy Marlow

Four shops now occupy Port Townsend’s downtown underground

PORT TOWNSEND — Less than one year after the Undertown closed as a subterranean coffee bar, the space has been filled with four new retail… Continue reading

Ruthy Marlow
Carl Hanson

If temperature dips, Port Townsend shelter for homeless will open this week

PORT TOWNSEND — Continued cold weather could prompt the Jefferson County Winter Shelter to open its doors early to those without a place to sleep.… Continue reading

Carl Hanson

Port Townsend mail, identity thief pleads guilty in federal court

TACOMA — A Port Townsend man whom police arrested with more than 1,000 pounds of stolen mail in February has pleaded guilty to bank fraud,… Continue reading

Port Townsend mail, identity thief pleads guilty in federal court

TACOMA — A Port Townsend man whom police arrested with more than 1,000 pounds of stolen mail in February has pleaded guilty to bank fraud,… Continue reading

Eight-year-old Max Burger throws a stuffed bear in the Jefferson County Superior Court courtroom Thursday after an adoption ceremony presided over by Court Commissioner Steven Gillard

Port Townsend Adoption Day ceremony officially unites parents with special-needs child

PORT TOWNSEND — A special-needs child from the Ukraine was the sole adoptee during an Adoption Day ceremony in Port Townsend on Wednesday. Eight-year-old Benjamin… Continue reading

Eight-year-old Max Burger throws a stuffed bear in the Jefferson County Superior Court courtroom Thursday after an adoption ceremony presided over by Court Commissioner Steven Gillard

Two candidates interviewed in search for new Jefferson County assessor

PORT TOWNSEND — The process to find a successor for Jefferson County Assessor Jack Westerman III began in earnest earlier this week when the two… Continue reading

The Customs House at 1322 Washington St.

City Council gives go-ahead to pursue Port Townsend’s iconic 1893 Customs House

PORT TOWNSEND — A three-way Customs House agreement among the city of Port Townsend, the U.S. Postal Service and the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation… Continue reading

The Customs House at 1322 Washington St.

Port Townsend tea room expands into wine service

PORT TOWNSEND — Australian wines get no respect. Witness the Monty Python sketch that characterizes a certain blend as “a bottle with a message in,… Continue reading

Port Townsend School of Woodworking co-founder Tim Lawson addresses the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge on Monday.  — Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News

‘New’ Fort Worden to get its first national conference next year

PORT TOWNSEND—The annual conference of a national trade group is scheduled to take place next year in Fort Worden State Park and will be the… Continue reading

Port Townsend School of Woodworking co-founder Tim Lawson addresses the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge on Monday.  — Photo by Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News
Gracen Hook prepares the service window in a medical pot dispensary he is opening in Port Townsend within the next few weeks. Hook

Licensing begins for legal recreational marijuana at $250 a pop

PORT TOWNSEND — The state Liquor Control Board on Monday began the licensing process for recreational marijuana businesses, setting the stage for the establishment of… Continue reading

Gracen Hook prepares the service window in a medical pot dispensary he is opening in Port Townsend within the next few weeks. Hook
Gracen Hook prepares the service window in a medical pot dispensary he is opening in Port Townsend within the next few weeks. Hook

Licensing begins for legal recreational marijuana at $250 a pop

PORT TOWNSEND — The state Liquor Control Board on Monday began the licensing process for recreational marijuana businesses, setting the stage for the establishment of… Continue reading

Gracen Hook prepares the service window in a medical pot dispensary he is opening in Port Townsend within the next few weeks. Hook